Public Protector must investigate MEC's ethics violations
A dossier of ethics violations by KZN Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo has been submitted to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela by the DA this morning.
MEC Dhlomo clearly violated the Executive Ethics Code in his use of Durban's only medical helicopter to make a 750km round-trip to a funeral in Hlabisa on 3 November.
Any number of medical emergencies could have occurred in Ethekwini metro and surrounds on that day that required the use of the medical helicopter.
The Health MEC knowingly shrugged off all the deaths and lifetime's worth of damage to Durban families he could potentially have caused by taking that medical helicopter. He has failed to provide an acceptable explanation for this abuse of office.
In a letter to the Public Protector, the DA argues that MEC Dhlomo -